Hand in hand Quote by Anne Fortier

“As Thomas Jefferson proclaimed, “In matters of fashion, swim with the current. In matters of conscience, stand like a rock.”

— John C. Maxwell

“Tell your papa I’ll call upon him soon. Mr. Jefferson is still very much needed here in Paris, where his revolution remains undone. In…

— Stephanie Dray

“Jefferson was among the greatest men who had ever lived, a Renaissance figure who was formidable without seeming overbearing, sparkling without being showy, winning…

— Jon Meacham

“Montmorency’s ambition in life, is to get in the way and be sworn at. ”

— Jerome K. Jerome

“When the boys were little, I used to take them to the gleaming white Jefferson Memorial at the edge of the Tidal Basin. Under…

— Khizr Khan

“Jefferson could write, “I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.”

— Stephen E. Ambrose

“I smiled ruefully to myself, knowing I had already experienced a far greater and deeper union with this man than that which propriety was…

— Persia Woolley

“There is an elegant memorial in Washington to Jefferson, but none to Hamilton. However, if you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living…

— George Will

“Wear yourself proudly.”

— Christy Hall

“I view [your undertaking],” Jefferson would write to Astor, “as the germ of a great, free and independent empire on that side of our…

— Peter Stark

“Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the…

— Thomas Jefferson

“A sensibility that wails almost exclusively over the enemies of liberty seems suspect to me. Stop shaking the tyrant's bloody robe in my face,…

— Maximilien Robespierre